GCSE students are increasingly turning to ‘educational influencers’ on social media for their revision, but ITV News has discovered a concerning number trust TikTok teachers more than their school teachers.
Educational influencers – like other social media creators – produce short, to the point videos which youngsters watch on their mobile phones, but many don’t check their reliability and pupils have told ITV News it’s causing grades to fall.
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